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William Patenson, Blessed

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11542a.htm

English priest, martyred at Tyburn in 1592. During his imprisonment, he converted several of the inmates.

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William of Wykeham

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Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England. (1324-1404)

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William of St-Amour

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Thirteenth-century theologian and controversialist. (d. 1273)

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William of Shoreham

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An English religious writer of the Anglo-Norman period, born at Shoreham, near Sevenoaks, in Kent, in the latter half of the twelfth century.

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William of Sens

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A twelfth-century French architect, supposed to have been born at Sens.

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William of Poitiers

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Norman historian, born of a noted family, at Préaux near Pont Audemer, Normandy, about 1020.

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William of Perth, Saint

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Honored as a martyr because he was on pilgrimage to Jerusalem when murdered by his adopted son.

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William of Ockham

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Biographical article on the fourteenth-century Franciscan philosopher.

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William of Norwich, Saint

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William's corpse was found showing signs of a violent death. He is the earliest example of a medieval blood libel saint, having died in 1144. His biographer relied on hearsay, and was "a man of unlimited credulity."

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William of Moerbeke

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Short article by M. de Wulf on this learned man of the 13th century.

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